Undergarment.



- PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

L. J. GRITGHER. UNDERGARMENT.

APPLIGATION FILED Nov. 7.1905.

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` PATENTE) AUG. 14, 1906.Vv

L. .1. GRITGHER UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATIOVN FILED NOV. 7. l1905.

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To al?, whom it may cfonlcern:

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONA J. ORITOHER, OF OHIOAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Application led November 7.1905. Serial No.286.266.

"Among otherfobjects of theinvention this f ,invention aims to provide a neat, graceful, and perfect-fitting undergarment for ladies use which willhang or drape gracefully upon the figure and be supported effectively/from the shoulders without causing any binding on any portionof the body, the novel construction and ,cut and configuration of the garment adapting the same tothoroujlly cover and protect the body and ad greatly to the comfort of the wearer.

With thb above and other objects in view` the invention consists ina princess undergarment embodying certain novel features and details of construction and relative arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, Y

illustrated, and claimed. In the accompanying a perspective view of the combination underl .garment of this invention shown'a plied to the figure. Fig. 2 is a plan view o the garment spread-out and looking toward the inside thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of onehalf of the arment separated down the middle line of t e back, showing the front piece,

the under-arm piece, and the back piece, also the arrangement of darts. Fi 4 is a plan view of one of the back pieces o 'thedrawersleg. Fig. 5 is a plan view Ofone of the front ieces. Fig. 6 is asimilar view of oneof the ack pieces.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The undergarment contemplated in this invention is made up of a number of pieces or widths, as shown in the accompanying drawings, and comprises the two main back pieces l l, the front ieces 2 2, and the under-arm ieces 3 3.'

ength, or,'in other words, extend from the drawings, Figure 1 is ll of these pieces are cut full' bottom of the garmentupward until it is necessary to terminate them at the neck-line or beneath the arm, as the case maybe. 'TheI back pieces are'narrowest at the waist-line, which is indicated at 4, and are or increase in width from the waist-line downward to the bottom ofthe skirt and also upward to the extreme to of the garment in order to make the finishe garment conform to the lines of the body and fit and hang gracefully' upon the body.. The under-arm piec'es are of corresponding iare and extend from the bottom' of the skirt upwardto the armhole, the'extreme upper edge 5 of the under-arm iece forming a ortion of the'boundary O the armhole. similar pieces, each of which is formed with a long vertical dart '6 to provide the necessary he front is composed of two contraction vat the waist-line, and from the z Waist-line upward each front piece is gored to the adjacent under-arm piece alongthe line 7.

`Eac of the front pieces 2 is made of considerab e width alon the extreme lower to form drawerseg extensions 8, w 'le by reason of thedart 6 aconsiderable flare is also given to theupper portion of each front pprtion piece 2, as shown at 9, tofit around thefront extension 8, and thereby o away with the sagging ofsuch portionof the garment which -would necessarily occur were the dart 10 not provided. j

It will be understood that the front is gored under the arms to conform to the normal curves and lines of the body. The front of the garment extends to the shoulders andis hollowed down at the front and back, as shown at 11 and 12, and cut out to form the armholes. The back pieces and also the front pieces preferably extend tothe shoulders, or, in other words, are provided with extensions 13' and 14, which pass upward over the shoulders-and are united at such pointsA to form shoulder-straps; but, if desired, separate straps may be employed and stitched or connected in any suita le manner to said back pieces and front pieces In addition to theparts above referred to upper portion of theibody. At a point in IOO IIO

two back drawers-leg ieces are provided, said pieces` being stitc ed along one edge 16 to the under-arm seam between thel iron'jj pieces 2 and the under-arm pieces 3. The ulpper edge of each leg-piece 15 is stitched to t e main body of the garment at the waist-line, and the upper edges of the two leg-pieces 15 are made sufficiently wide to overlap, as shown at 17, and the edges 18 are so rounded or curved in an outward direction that such edges 18 overlap to a greater and greater extent as they leave the waist-line until the pointis reached where the drawers-legpieces 1 5 begin to separate, from which point they diverge. The side edges ofthe leg-pieces 15 l are joined to the corresponding side edges of sys 'at each side o the extensions 8 of the front pieces 2 along the seam 19, thus completing the structure of the main body of the garment. The edges of the front from the waist-line to the top of the garment are turned-back and hemme shown at 20, while romthe waist-line downward the edges are faced, as shown at 21,

lsuch facin being continued all around the unattach edges of the drawers-leg extensions of thevfront and the back drawers-leg ieces entirely up to the top of the drawerseg pieces. This provides projecting front `.flaps 23, which overlap each other when the 3o garment is adjusted to the person. The seam the garment between the iront iece and under-arm piece is'left unstitched or a distance upward fromthe bottom of the garment, and such unstitched portions ofthe ieces are rounded, as shown at 22. The

` rawers-legs 'extend downward onl as far as the bottoms of said side seams. T e advantage of this arrangement is that the drawersa single garment and that the same may be worn either under or over the corsets. It will 'further be seen that the entire garment as a whole 1s supported directly from and by the shoulders. The garment is adjusted to the v body Withthesame ease and rapidity that a single garment, such as a waist or skirt, could be adjfjisted. Further, it will be observed that t e garment as a whole is open at the front entirely from Itop to bottom, therebyl greatly facilitating the-putting on and taking off' of the same.

1. An open-front princess undergarment embodying a skirtl waist and .drawers and com rising iront pieces. and back pieces exten mg from top to bottom of the'garment,

l under-arm pieces extending from the bottom of the garment to thearmholes, and drawersldown 2. An open-front princess undergarment embodying a skirt, waist -and drawers and com rising front pieces and back pieces exten ing from top to bottom of the garment, under-armfpieces extending from the bottom of the garment to the armholes, and drawerslegs consisting of extensions of the front,

pieces, and other pieces which form the backs ofthe drawers-legs and are united to said extensions and the' body of the garment, the

front pieces being-provided with up-anddown arts andcross-darts extending from the front edges ofthe garment laterally t0 the upland-down dartsl V y 3. An open-front princess undergarment embodying a skirt, waist and drawers and n comprising front pieces andback pieces extending from top to bottom of the garment,`

under-arm pieces extending from the bottom of the garment to the armholes, and drawerslegs consisting of extensions of the front pieces, and other pieces which formthe backs-A l' of the drawers-legs and are united to said extensions and the body of the garment, the

front gieces being provided ywith up-anddown the front edges `of the garment laterall to the up-and-down darts, and the edges o the arts `and cross-darts extending from -I front from the cross-dart u ward being turned backandhemmed, while said front j edges from the cross-dart downward are .Ioo

faced and project beyond the hemmed portions to provide an overlap from the Waist downward.

4. An open-front princess undergarment embodying a skirt, waist and drawers and com rising front pieces and -back pieces exten ing from top to bottom of the garment,

under-arm pieces extending from the bottomv :i

of the garment to the armholes, and drawerslegs consisting of extensions of the iront pieces, and other pieces which form the backs of the drawers-legs and are united to said extensions and the body of the garment, the

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front pieces being vprovided with up-and-`.`

the front edge of the garment laterally to the up-and-down darts, and the edges of the front from the cross-dart upward beingv turned back and hem-med, while said front edges from the cross-dart downward are faced and project beyond the hemmed porto'secure the overlapping portions.

5.' An open-front princess undergarment arts and cross-darts extending from 7 evices located at y embodying a skirt, waist and drawers and-r.L

com rising front pieces and back pieces ex-'ften g from top to bottom of the garment,

under-arm pieces extending from the bottom l rounded, While the drawers-legs terminate at 1o of the garment to the armholes, and drawersthe top of said openings. legs consisting of extensions of the iront In testimony whereof I aiix my signature pieces, and other pieces which form the backs I in presence 0f tWo Witnesses.

of the drawers-legs and are united to said eX- tensions and the body of the garment, the i bottoms of the seams between the front and under-arm pieces being left open and the portions thereof at each side of the seam being LEONA J. ORITCHERr vWitnesses:

HOMER L. KRAFT, REXFORD M. SMITH.Y 

